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Language barrier, can only laugh.

Unaji took off the dagger and asked, "What's this called?"

This sentence is understandable, Zhang Tingxun has listened to it many times, and he said in a straight voice: "Dagger."

"Dagger..." Unaji repeated.

The body organs are the first to learn, hair, eyes, ears, nose...you learn it halfway.

Zhang Tingxun said: "Next year I will ask someone to bring some rouge powder."

Unaji didn't understand and just grinned.

Zhang Tingxun is very satisfied with this kind of life, and in a few more years, maybe he can be transferred to Rao Le Dufu.At that time, bring the beautiful wives from Nanjing, one wife and one concubine to accompany them, and they can also fight on horseback, everything will be so perfect.

Of course, it's not easy.

In the afternoon when he returned to the castle, Zhang Tingxun was called to cut wood.

While there is no snow these two days, cut down more trees.There is no need to pull it back to the castle, just throw it on the edge of the forest, and then move it after the snow melts. Next year, we need to build ships and furniture.

The Hasa also have boats, but they are all birch bark boats, which can't stand the toss at all.

In addition, the branches need to be moved back as firewood for heating in winter.There are many birch trees here, and the bark of the birch trees has been peeled off, which is very convenient for burning.

The Datong Army has just arrived, and they only do three things in winter: fishing, tree-cutting, and drills.

Hunting or something, wait until we get used to it.

Tired for a long time, after dinner in the evening, Zhang Tingxun rolled the sheets with Wu Naji in his arms.

There is really no entertainment. At night, women's cries can be heard everywhere in the castle.

This made the soldiers who had not yet married locally feel extremely lonely and unbearable, and planned to go to a nearby tribe to propose marriage next year.

There must be more than one Sun-Day Ministry, those freed slaves and hostages are the best guides.When the snow melts next year, the Datong Army will visit one after another and get in touch with all the tribes.

Two months later, the temperature dropped to minus 30 degrees.

All kinds of activities have almost stopped, and the drills have stopped. They hide in the house all day to keep out the cold, and consume a lot of firewood.

Zhang Tingxun holds his wife in his arms every day, and focuses on teaching Chinese. The main reason is that even the strongest cattle cannot withstand daily farming.

In just one winter, those Datong soldiers with wives got more than a dozen bellies.

But the infant mortality rate is extremely high, and it is not known how many will survive.

And obviously in Xia Tian, ​​it is estimated that some soldiers will voluntarily give up the 20 places to return to Hailan Pao.Because their wives are pregnant, they can't afford to travel all the way.

Chapter 858 [Prince Concubine]

The prince's big wedding was earlier than Zhang Tingxun's begging for a wife in the north.

In March of Yangchun, a hundred young girls from all over the country took the cultural examination at the Supervisor of Rites.

This news caused a sensation in the capital, and the people of Nanjing discussed it a lot, and they all felt that it was strange that the Crown Princess needed to take the exam.Things have been passed around, and the most direct result is actually reducing the dropout rate of girls in Jinling Mansion.

The low-level people who let their daughters drop out of school after learning to read and write a little, gradually feel that they should let their daughters graduate from elementary school.

Jiang Yuan is from Shandong and successfully passed the written test.

The first round of interviews was very fast.That is to measure height and weight, and eliminate all those who are too tall, too short, too fat or too thin.

The second round of interviews was obviously much stricter.The female officials of the Supervisor of Ceremonies carefully inspected the facial features, skin, hair, tone, and appearance of the candidates for the crown princess.

These two rounds of re-examination followed the rules of the Ming Dynasty.

If it was placed in the Ming Dynasty, after these links, only 2000 people were eliminated (the total number of candidates is 5000).

The next step, more intimate, requires a strip inspection.

In the end, 50 people were left, and they were taken to the queen mother or empress, and 3 people were selected and handed over to the emperor.

The Datong New Dynasty has actually saved a lot of procedures. When Queen Fei Rulan personally selected, there were only 25 candidates left.

Jiang Yuan stood in the crowd, feeling rather uneasy.

Seeing the queen walking towards her, she tried her best to smile, but the muscles on her face were already stiff.The queen observed her carefully, then walked past her, and returned to her seat at some point.

Candidates one after another stepped forward to speak to the queen one by one.

"Minister Du Ruowei, pay my respects to the empress. The daughter is from Xichong, Sichuan, and graduated from Xichong County Middle School. Her father is a merchant in the county..." A young girl went forward and introduced herself after saluting.

Fei Rulan asked: "What are your hobbies on weekdays?"

The girl replied: "Read books, paint pictures, and write poems."

Fei Rulan asked again: "What kind of books do you read, what kind of paintings do you make, and what kind of poems do you write?"

The girl became nervous, and her speech was not so quick: "Go back to the empress, the folk girl... The folk girl read the "Four Books for Women", wrote flower and bird paintings, and wrote landscape poems."

"No other hobbies?" Fei Rulan asked again.

The girl replied: "I also learned female red from my mother, and some embroidery skills."

I don't know how long it took before it was finally Jiang Yuan's turn: "Jiang Yuan, the daughter of the people, pays homage to the Empress. The daughter of the people is from Anqiu, Shandong, her father is originally from Zhejiang, and her mother is from Jiangsu. They are both immigrants from the New Dynasty..."

Fei Rulan asked: "They are either reading books and painting, or female red weaving. Do you do the same?"

Jiang Yuan replied: "In the words of your mother, my mother does not know how to be a female celebrity, and she has never taught folk girls such skills. Apart from studying, folk girls can... also raise pigs, gelding pigs and brew wine."

As soon as this remark came out, the rest of the candidates all pursed their lips and held back their laughter.

Fei Rulan became interested: "Oh, how did you raise pigs?"

Jiang Yuan said: "My daughter's parents immigrated to Shandong and got a share of the land. Besides wheat, they also grow some sorghum. Sorghum is a good thing. Sorghum stalks can be fed to donkeys, sorghum can be used to make wine, and the distiller's grains are used to feed pigs."

"You are a woman, how can you learn from a pig?" Fei Rulan asked.

Jiang Yuan said: "Our family used to hire a pig-handler, but my father thought it was not worthwhile, so he learned the skill of a pig-handler himself. One day when I came home, my father fell ill and was bedridden for more than two months. My mother wanted to hire a pig-handler. The pig was stunned by the knife. In fact, it is very simple, press the place where the piglet is pressed, and a small bag will protrude, then gently cut it open with a knife, and then squeeze out the thing and cut it off."

"Pfft!"

Suddenly, some of the candidates for the crown princess couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

There are also some people who are blushing when they hear it, as if it is a very embarrassing thing to be a pig.

Fei Rulan couldn't help laughing, and asked, "How dare you say such a disastrous thing? Are you not afraid of losing the election because of it?"

Jiang Yuan replied: "Your Majesty asked, I dare not hide it."

Fei Rulan said: "From what you say, the family must be extremely poor."

Jiang Yuan replied: "Thanks to Your Majesty's great kindness, the family of Minnv is not bitter. Her parents work hard. The family has more than ten acres of land, raising more than 60 pigs, three donkeys, and more than 20 chickens. They even opened a family in the town. The wine making workshop. The wine making workshop is too busy, and has hired four guys. Most of the town is immigrants, and the families of the folk girls are considered rich."

Several young girls from rich families found it increasingly funny that farmers who farmed, raised pigs, and brewed wine dared to call themselves rich in front of the queen.

Unexpectedly, Fei Rulan nodded approvingly: "Your parents moved to a different place with nothing, and it is very rare to have such a family business. It must be hard-working people."

Jiang Yuan said: "My father always taught that one should be down-to-earth and work hard. My mother also often said that both men and women should strive to make progress. Minnv has two younger sisters and a younger brother, all of whom are studying, and our parents also encourage us to study. "

"A hardworking and simple family, the family business will surely prosper in the future." Fei Rulan sighed.

After working for a long time, the 25 candidates and the empress had all interviewed, and announced on the spot: "Qiao Wuhua, Zhu Junmo, Jiang Yuan, you three stay here. The rest of the women will be given gold and silver, and return to their original places."

This result was greatly unexpected.

Both Qiao Wuhua and Zhu Junmo had studied at the Imperial City School, and they were already too old.

Moreover, Zhu Junmo is tall and tall. When measuring his height, it is exactly the same as the qualified value.Obviously, the qualified height value was changed just for her.

Many candidates speculated that the prince's favorite must have been able to pass the test all the way.

So everyone tacitly went to fight for the last spot.

Unexpectedly, it was snatched away by the peasant girl who handles the hog!

"Your Majesty, I want to report!" A girl suddenly stood up and knelt on the ground as if she wanted to report someone.

Fei Rulan looked unhappy, and asked, "Who do you want to report?"

The girl pointed to Jiang Yuan: "Her maternal grandmother is Yangzhou Shouma. Her mother used to be a concubine, a nun and a famous prostitute! Such a background cannot be a crown princess."

Hearing this, Jiang Yuan's expression was blank, obviously he didn't know the elder's past.

Fei Rulan asked: "How do you know this?"

The girl explained: "My father was originally a prominent family in Hangzhou. When the court split up the great family, my father moved to Shandong. He lived in the same town as Jiang Yuan in Anqiu County, and lived in the town next to her. Jiang Yuan's mother, whose real name was Feng Xuanxuan, nicknamed Xiao Qing. Her maternal grandfather was the magistrate of Guangling County, Yangzhou Prefecture in the previous dynasty. Her maternal grandmother was a Yangzhou skinny horse gifted by a wealthy merchant. Her grandfather sold her mother to a wealthy merchant in Hangzhou as a concubine. The woman was jealous and drove her mother out of the house to become a nun! She said she was a nun, but she was actually a prostitute!"

"Folk women don't dare to speak nonsense, everyone in Hangzhou knows it now. Her mother also wrote many poems, one of which is the most famous one about self-pity: The new make-up competes with the painting, and I know where it is in Zhaoyang. Thin shadow comes from spring water According to you, you must pity me and I pity you."

This young girl was obviously prepared, and it was probably explained by her parents.

If Jiang Yuan loses the election, he will not mention anything.If Jiang Yuan is selected, he will be reported on the spot, and even memorized Jiang Yuan's mother's old poems.

After Fei Rulan listened to that poem, she was basically sure that it was true, even if she made up nonsense and false accusations, it was impossible to make up such a good poem.

"Is she telling the truth?" Fei Rulan asked.

After the initial daze, Jiang Yuan calmed down at this moment, knelt down and replied: "The women of the people don't know about this. Even if it is true, the women of the people are not guilty of deceiving the king. Your Majesty advocates equality between men and women. Many prostitutes have also made contributions to the new dynasty, and some even became officials. My mother followed the court's decree and migrated to Shandong to support herself. There is nothing wrong with being diligent and diligent. How can the old court's law be used to offend the people of the new court? ?”

Fei Rulan was hesitant, she liked this Jiang Yuan very much, but his background was indeed a little strange.

But no matter what, this girl who jumped out to report must have no hope of becoming a crown princess, because she made Fei Rulan feel bad.

After thinking about it, Fei Rulan said, "Li Ruosu will stay too."

Li Ruosu is the daughter of a general, and she was overjoyed when she heard the words.

This is equivalent to electing four princesses, and Jiang Yuan must be the one with the lowest status.

The 21 unselected girls left the Forbidden City in complete disappointment.I don't know who spread the word, but within a few days, it made a lot of noise in the streets of Nanjing.

Zhang Dai, who is in charge of Zhan Shifu, is the prince's teacher in name, and took the initiative to ask to see the emperor and empress.

"You know the truth?" Zhao Han asked.

Zhang Dai replied: "At the beginning, there was indeed a Feng Xiaoqing in Hangzhou, who was imprisoned by a big woman and worked as a nun in Gushan. But this woman was not a prostitute, she just occasionally received celebrities and wrote poems and lyrics together. In order to avoid suspicion, she never alone with men Meet. The name of whore is spread by the jealous woman."

Fei Rulan asked, "How did you go to Shandong?"

Zhang Dai said: "The new dynasty recaptured Zhejiang and ordered the monks who had no limit to return to vulgarity. Feng Xiaoqing took the opportunity to return to vulgarity and went to the government to ask for a divorce. He was the first concubine in Hangzhou to file a lawsuit for divorce, so it was well known in Hangzhou. Many Celebrities went to propose marriage and were willing to take her as a concubine, but this Feng Xiaoqing married a slave of a rich pig raising family in Gushan. The couple gave birth to a daughter, who should be the Jiangyuan girl. There are too many, and there are often prodigal sons visiting the house. After the Datong Army took over Shandong, the couple immigrated to Shandong with their daughter."

Historically, Feng Xiaoqing was forced to death by a doctor, and Zhang Dai wrote a special article to regret it.

After hearing this, Zhao Han smiled and said, "She's also a strange woman."

Jiang Yuan's background is very clear, his grandfather is a magistrate of Daming County, his grandmother is a Yangzhou Shouma, his mother married a wealthy businessman as a concubine, and was forced by his wife to become a nun.Prostitution is pure slander.His biological father was just an honest domestic slave who raised pigs, and took advantage of the establishment of the new dynasty to get rid of his slavery.

Zhao Han immediately decided: "This Jiang Yuan can be the crown prince and concubine. Let the "Datong Monthly" publicize this matter, let the world know that the new dynasty is to help the poor!"

The mother of the crown prince and concubine remarried from a nun and concubine, and her father turned from a domestic slave.

Isn't this the most vivid example?

The new dynasty of Great Harmony has allowed countless women and domestic slaves to be reborn as human beings and gain a new life!

Chapter 859 [Not Simple]

The crown princess has no title at all, one is the main concubine, and the rest are side concubines.

Concubine Jiang Yuan, the daughter of a farmer.

Side concubine Qiao Wuhua, the daughter of the third-rank minister.

Side concubine Zhu Junmo, the daughter of a county middle school teacher.

Side concubine Li Ruosu, the daughter of a general of the Datong Army (the niece of Li Zheng, the governor of Anton).

From the backgrounds of the four princesses and concubines, it can be seen that the concubines of the new dynasty do not recognize their backgrounds at all.

Unlike the Han and Tang Dynasties, they only selected prominent families.

Unlike the Ming Dynasty, most of them came from small families.

It's more like the Song Dynasty. It's okay for a noble lady or a young lady, it all depends on the emperor's preference.The most outrageous thing is Liu E, who first married a silversmith as his wife. The couple pretended to be brother and sister, and the husband dedicated his wife to the prince.Boiled the princess and queen to death, and finally became the queen herself, and her ex-husband can still be reused by the emperor.

Of course, the queens of the Song Dynasty were still mainly the daughters of high officials.

When the crown prince heard the news, he was obviously in a bad mood.His ideal concubine is Zhu Junmo, who usually communicates once every ten days, at least three love letters a month.

But the resistance was ineffective, and the emperor had already made a decision.

The next step is the three media and six engagements. The ceremony still has to go, but the prince will definitely not come out of the palace to welcome his relatives in person.